Sofa-bed



S. G. YOUNG.

Sofa Bed.

No. 229,225. Patented June 22,1880.

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UNITED STATES To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SARAH GILMAN YOUNG, a citizen of the Un ted States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and original Sofa-Bed, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention consists of a folding mattress adapted to form the back of a sofa-bed, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, which mattress I have shown applied to a sofa having a large deep drawer in frontconcealed by ornamental heading, and intended for holding bedi clothes.

The ends of the said sofa are fastenedby hinges and by a pivoted link to the sofa'in such a manner that either end can belet down perpendicularly. The sofais the right length for a bed fora person of ordinary stature without letting down the end; but in case a very te l person should sleep upon it ease can be gained by letting down one end perpendicularly at the foot. It is only intended to gain an inch or two in this way to obviate the dis conilcrt of a too short bed.

folding mattress C against the wall, with the drawer A open and the end B turned down. The narrow part of the mattress D is slightly visible in consequence of the end B being turned down.

Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the sofabed showing the pivoted link E. Each end of the sofa is fastened up by a bolt, F, as shown in Fig. 3, running through a metal sheath into and through the pivoted link E.

To let down an end perpendicularly one one s the drawer, puts in the hand and with- 's. the bolt F, the ends of the drawer beig made three-fourths of an inch lower than Figure 1 represents the sofa-bed with the PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH G. YOUNG, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SOFA-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 2%),225, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed February 19, 1880.

the back and front, in order .to leave room for the bolt.

The back of the sofa consists of a mattress the same size as the sofa, divided lengthwise into two parts, the narrowest being about onethird of the whole width of the sofa. The two parts of the mattress are sewed together to form, so to speak, a pliable hinge. When used as a sofa the mattress must beset against the wall, asin Fig. 1, and the narrow part of the mattress folded behind the broad, so that it rests upon the sofa just where it is sewed together. The narrow part of the mattress does not show, or but slightly, at the end.

A sectional or end view of the mattress is represented in Fig. 3, the broad part being shown by H and the narrow part by I, showing how one part is doubled behind the other.

When the sofa is used for a bed one simply pulls down the mattress flat, so that the ticking side is uppermost.

The bottom of my sofa, bein g furnished with fine springs with the mattress over, makes a very comfortable single bed, and the mattress being separate, the bed-clothin g can be tucked in all round.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sofa-mattress C, consisting of theparts H and I, the two together of the width of the sofa, part I being of about half the width of part H, and both parts connected by a pliable hinge at one side, so that the mattress is adapted, substantially as described, to form the back of the sofa, all as and for the purpose setforth.

SARAH GILMAN YOUNG.

Witnesses:

W. A. CoWLEs, CHARLES MORSE. 

